Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glacier Lake School


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   redirect to St. Ignatius, Montana. NorthAmerica1000 08:09, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Glacier Lake School

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This new private school has opened three months ago and in this short time they have not been covered by enough reliable secondary sources to make the organization compatible with WP:NSCHOOL/WP:ORG guidelines. They also do not meet the other criteria that would make them notable. I've conducted an online research to establish the amount of coverage in news and on web articles, I've found only two articles dedicated to the organization:. Apart from the two articles, there are only small citations, like the one at the bottom of this article about democratic schools and several primary sources, like the official website and several social media profiles. I don't see any evidence of notability for this three-months old organization and all the hints (including the COI issue) point to a classic case of promotional WP:TOOSOON. ► LowLevel (talk) 14:36, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions.  Everymorning   talk  17:25, 8 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment I'm not commenting either way on its notability, but, wouldn't an WP:ATD be a redirect to St. Ignatius, Montana rahter than deletion? Boleyn (talk) 19:30, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello Boleyn, I prefer to wait for other editors to reach a consensus about the best way to handle the article of a brand new educational organization for which there is no evidence of notability. Personally, I wouldn't create a redirect for a brand new company/topic/name that wouldn't probably be searched by Wikipedia users, but maybe other editors will have other opinions or suggestions. ► LowLevel (talk) 22:35, 8 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Redirect if found non-notable per WP:Redirects are cheap and WP:SCHOOLOUTCOMES: Schools that don't meet the standard typically get merged or redirected to the school district that operates them (North America) or the lowest level locality (elsewhere) rather than being completely removed from the encyclopedia, I vote for redirect, unless someone can back up that this, like most high schools, meets Notability (high schools) / WP:ORG. If it is WP:TOOSOON, a redirect would assist anyone looking up the school, without hindering anybody, and would actually take up less space. Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 22:48, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Montana-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:00, 10 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Redirect per WP:Redirects are cheap. Probably not notable now, but maybe notable in a year or two. A redirect preserves the text for future use. --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:14, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Redirect to an entry at List of democratic schools instead of the above. School is more notable as a Sudbury Valley-style school than as a Montana school. (Fun fact—this area is actually my academic specialty, but don't ask me why that list is still a mess.) Also I understand that it's theoretically nicer to get second opinions at AfD, but "before" says to redirect wherever possible, ostensibly to save our attention for other things. This is a noncontroversial redirect czar ⨹   04:13, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment I've added it to that list, so a redirect to List_of_democratic_schools would now be feasible. Personally, I prefer a redirect to St. Ignatius, Montana, because there is more room in this for a sentence on the school to explain a bit more about it, and because it gives informaiton on the general area, plus redirect to school district is the norm. However, I understand czar's thinking, and don't object to it. Boleyn (talk) 16:30, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * St. Ignatius redirect is fine too czar ⨹   15:36, 17 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Redirect. AFAICS the article is promotional, broadly construed. I would be tempted to delete it but a redirect would give it the benefit of the doubt. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:18, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment, any opinion on which of the options to redirect it to? Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 13:10, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * St. Ignatius, Montana. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:54, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
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